CHAPTER 19
Author: Daniel Unique
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In the king's dining chamber, Tydeus and his comrades came in with the king, his palace guards and other chiefs of the land.

They all sat on a big rectangular dining table with decorated chairs on each length. The table was filled with plates of different kinds of food and wines served by the king's palace chefs.

King Nezeron decided to go straight to the point as Tydeus had suggested, and while eating and dining at the table, he began to narrate why exactly he had invited Tydeus and his companions to the palace.

“When the Pharaohs of yesteryear built this nation, it was intended as one of the greatest Empires of all time…”

“Egypt has been the richest and the greatest Citadel that has ever existed on the face of the earth…”

“This nation has been a stronghold not only for the people but for other neighbouring countries. Our great government gave rise to many other existing nations on the face of the earth…”

“But now Egypt is divided. The war has not only claimed lives but claimed our
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